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The network element must only allow management connections for administrative access from hosts residing in to the management network.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-5611 NET1637 SV-15449r2_rule Medium
Description
Remote administration is inherently dangerous because anyone with a sniffer and access to the right LAN segment, could acquire the device account and password information. With this intercepted information they could gain access to the infrastructure and cause denial of service attacks, intercept sensitive information, or perform other destructive actions.
STIG Date
Infrastructure Router Security Technical Implementation Guide Cisco 2016-07-07

Details

Check Text ( C-12914r3_chk )
Review the configuration and verify that management access to the device is allowed only from the management network address space. The configuration should look similar to the following:

access-list 3 permit 192.168.1.10 log
access-list 3 permit 192.168.1.11 log
access-list 3 deny any
…..
line vty 0 4
access-class 3 in
Fix Text (F-5522r4_fix)
Configure an ACL or filter to restrict management access to the device from only the management network.